Artworks

James Balmforth

Balmforth’s works are the outcome of an ongoing exploration and negotiation with materials, processes and transformation. He employs industrial techniques and mechanical apparatus to expose materials to forces such as extreme pressures or heat, evoking material expressivity. With a variety of methods and tools, Balmforth pushes materials to their physical limits and reveals thresholds, margins of tolerance, moments of transformation and their resultant forms or outcomes.

James Balmforth (b. 1980, Plymouth, UK) lives and works in London. He studied at Chelsea College of Art, graduating in 2003. His solo exhibitions include Forces and Needs, Hannah Barry Gallery, London (2011) and The Making of Ashes, also at Hannah Barry (2009). Balmforth has had work in many group shows including Sculpture al Fresco II, Marcelle Joseph Projects, Egham, UK (2012 ) and Let There Be Sculpture!, New Art Centre Roche Court, Wiltshire, UK (2010 ); Bold Tendencies 4, Peckham, UK (2010 ); MIART art fair, Milan, Italy (2010 ) and Should I stay or Should I go?, Chelsea Space, London (2010 ).